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STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area — 678 acres (including the Temple and foreshore).
Population.—Census 1951, 5,268. Estimated mid-year 5,180
Annual Rateable Value.—As at 1st April, 1955, £13,968,300.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate.—Estimated £55,700.
Births:— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 29 17 12
Live Births, Illegitimate 2 1 1
Still Births — —
Birth Rate per 1,000 resident
population, 1955 533
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births —
Deaths:—
Deaths, Infants under
4 weeks of age
Legitimate 1 1 —
Illegitimate — — —
Deaths under 1 year
Legitimate 1 1 —
Illegitimate — — —
Deaths (all ages)
54 39 15
Death Rate per 1,000 resident
population 1000
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 32.26
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 34.48
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifications received:— Total cases
notified.
Acute Primary Pneumonia 4
Measles 20
Puerperal Pyrexia 2
Scarlet Fever 2
Tuberculosis 11
Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) 2
Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) 1
ANALYTICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(Other than under Food and Drugs Act).
Atmospheric Pollution 24
Crab Meat 1
Egg Albumen 1
Fertiliser 2
Grapefruit (Tinned) 1
Ham (Tinned) 3
Meat (Tinned) 4
Melba Frosty Mints 1
Milk (Tinned) 8
Monosodium Glutinate 1
Rainwater 12
Raisins, Seedless 5
Strawberry Pressings 1
Tomato Paste 1
Well Water 1
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following specimens were examined during the year:—
Braised Kidneys (Tinned) 2
Crab Meat 1
Custard Powder 2
Faeces 75
Grape Fruit Juice 1
Chicken and Ham Vol au Vent 1
Ham (Tinned) 4
Jellied Veal (Tinned) 1
Jelly Crystals 1
Milk (Tinned) 1
Mock Cream 1
Parsley Butter 1
Pork Sausages 4
Roast Beef and Gravy 1
Roast Lamb 1
Salmon (Tinned) 5
Stewed Steak 1
Tomato Juice 1
Tongue 1
Well Water 1
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
Quantity provided to private practitioners Nil.